The Overall Theme of Aeneid

In the Aeneid, there may be a lot of losses and defeat, but the Trojans still strove hard and fought for themselves. There are only 2 outcomes of a fight, either you win or you lose. But in winning, you do not always succeed; and in losing, you do not always fail. Failure is one of the reasons why people give up easily; success is also one of the reasons why people strive more in their goals. In this story, we see how Aeneas encountered all of the challenges with determination and courage. Aeneas failed a lot of times, but later on we see that those challenges and failures made Aeneas a better person. Aeneas and his mates had their victory and triumph after surpassing all of these defeat and terrible loss in their lives, including the Trojan war. The Aeneid supports the theme 'the ultimate victory is the outcome through terrible defeat and loss' by just describing and narrating how Aeneas reacted and failed at some time and began succeeding after he and his mates lose battles.

My Sympathy Towards Aeneas...

The Trojan War. The Greeks battled for their triumph against the Trojans, but they lost. One thing I really liked about the Greeks is their intelligence in thinking of something that can help them defeat the Trojans once and for all -- the wooden horse. Inside this horse is a group of men who were some of the greatest warriors of the Grecian army to avenge against the Trojans who cannot be defeated in battle. This made me take side on the Greeks, of course, because I liked their strategy even if it would cause all of Troy's destruction.

But as Aeneas narrates the story about the Trojan war, I felt a lot of sympathy for him and his mates because  of what they had experienced. If I was in Aeneas's shoes, I would be traumatized more. I never wanted to watch my countrymen dying and asking for help while we have to ignore them to escape from the Greeks. For Aeneas, this was one of his near-death experiences, and he surely will not forget on how the Greeks got their revenge.

So, for me, Aeneas's story touched a lot of people, including me. I felt kind of bad for them and I pitied all of them. Also, knowing that Aeneas will leave because of the prophecy that a new generation of Trojans will conquer Rome simply made my feelings change about the Trojans; I suddenly treated them as the good guys in The Aeneid.